Vote for Chris Martone in District 5

Last year both the right wing Conservative Party and the left wing Working Families Party supported Ed Day’s  legislature candidate Lon Hofstein. Without either the Conservative or Working Families ballot lines,  Hofstein would have lost the election to me by a significant margin. My unwillingess to pledge support to opposite ends of the poltical spectrum cost me the election, but preserved my integrity.

While both of those ballot lines were necessary for Hofstein last year, neither of those parties agreed to support Hofstein this year. Minor party leaders recognized that neither Day nor Hofstein turned out to be who they expected. So without the minor party support that won them an election, Day and his supporters now proclaim that these minor parties are just corrupt “legal rackets.”  Interestingly, Day said the same thing about the Independence Party when they endorsed me last year, even though Day himself lobbied for the Independence line himself in 2013 when he ran for County Executive. See the pattern? If you don’t support Ed Day for any reason, you become the target of a smear campaign.

I chose not to run again this year, and I am happy to see that Chris Martone has stepped up.  Chris Martone brings a fresh idependent approach to the County Legislature. He has broad support across the community and is beholden to nobody.  Because he is raising his young family in the community he will represent, we can count on Chris to make decisons that protect the future of Rockland.

Posted on 1 Nov 2015, 12:22 - Category: In the News